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Checklist for Suborder Zygoptera Selys, 1854 (Damselflies)
and region Rio de Janeiro (Southeast Brazil, Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
409
4319
8071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
409
4319
8071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Palaeoptera
Crampton, 1915
Ancient winged insects
12
44
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Odonatoptera
Martynov, 1932
9
40
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Odonata
Fabricius, 1793
Damselflies, Demoiselles, Dragonflies
9
40
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Zygoptera
Selys, 1854
Damselflies
5
17
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Rio de Janeiro
5 Families width 26 Species
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890Narrow-winged damselflies13SpeciesTaxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850Broad-winged damselflies6SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrionidae Tillyard, 1917Flatwing5SpeciesTaxom
Pseudostigmatidae Tillyard, 1917Forest giants1SpeciesTaxom
Perilestidae Tillyard & F..., 1938Shortwings1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Rio de Janeiro
17 Genera with 26 Species
Acanthagrion Selys, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Argia Rambur, 1842Dancers5SpeciesTaxom
Bryoplathanon Garrison, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Forcepsioneura Lencioni, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Hetaerina Hagen, 1853Rubyspots5SpeciesTaxom
Heteragrion Selys, 20004SpeciesTaxom
Ischnura Charpentier, 1861Forktail1SpeciesTaxom
Leptagrion Selys, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Mecistogaster Rambur, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Megapodagrion Selys, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Metaleptobasis Calvert, 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Mnesarete Cowley, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Oxyagrion Selys, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Perilestes Hagen, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Phasmoneura Williamson, 1916
0SpeciesTaxom
Telagrion Selys, 1876
0SpeciesTaxom
Telebasis Selys, 1834Firetails1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Rio de Janeiro
26 Species
Acanthagrion gracile Rambur, 1842
Acanthagrion taxaense (Santos, 1965)⇒ Agrilus sauteri Kerremans, 1912
Argia croceipennis Selys, 1865Fourwing evening primrose
Argia modesta Selys, 1865Fourwing evening primrose
Argia sordida Hagen, 1865
Argia tamoyo Calvert, 1909
Argia tibialis Rambur, 1842Blue-tipped Dancer
Bryoplathanon globifer Hagen, 1853
Forcepsioneura sancta Hagen, 1860Webworms
Hetaerina amazonica Sjöstedt, 1918
Hetaerina auripennis Burmeister, 1839
Hetaerina brightwelli Kirby, 1823
Hetaerina hebe Selys, 1853
Hetaerina rosea Selys, 1853
Heteragrion aurantiacum Selys, 1862
Heteragrion beschkii Hagen, 1862
Heteragrion consors Hagen, 1862
Heteragrion muryense Costa & Santos, 2000
Ischnura capreolus Hagen, 1861
Leptagrion capixabae Santos, 1965
Leptagrion macrurum Burmeister, 1839
Mecistogaster amalia Burmeister, 1839Amalia Helicopter
Megapodagrion megalopus Selys, 1862
Oxyagrion simile Costa, 1978
Perilestes fragilis Hagen, 1862
Telebasis filiola Perty, 1834

Subnodes of Zygoptera with occurrences in Rio de Janeiro
SuperfamilyCalopterygoidea
Selys, 1850
1
3
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCoenagrionoidea
Kirby, 1890
2
11
14
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLestoidea
Calvert, 1901
Bluestreaks
2
3
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Zygoptera at artfakta.se
Zygoptera at dyntaxa.se
Zygoptera at itis.gov